Lucas Pouille on Monday shocked no. 4 seed Rafael Nadal 6-1, 2-6, 6-4, 3-6, 7-6(6) in the fourth round of the US Open.
The 22-year-old Frenchman has now reached the quarter-finals of a Grand Slam event for the second time in a row. After 1947, this is the first time France has trio of players reaching to a quarter-final of a major event.
Pouille will face Monfils in the US Open quarter-final and try to reach the last four of a Grand Slam for the first time.
Pouille has now won three consecutive five-set matches and is No. 5 in the Under Pressure Leaders category of the ATP Stats Leaderboards, powered by the Infosys Information Platform.